The Flatshare: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay stars in this romantic comedy
Year: 2022
Certificate: 15
In a rom com, the 'meet cute' is the cute moment when the couple we're rooting for first stumble into each other's lives. In this British series they share the same flat but are contractually required not to be there at the same time.
Now, if you want to complain about realism, you could say that there's nothing to stop them meeting in a coffee shop - but realism isn't the point of rom coms, so they don't, and the way these two swap increasingly intimate Post-it notes about the state of their lives is undeniably romantic.
The comedy mostly comes from the life of boozy, newly single Tiffy (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay) who, true to the form of the genre, has an unrealistic job at an online magazine. Again, realism isn't the point of rom coms, and there's a charm and a slow-burning honesty to this that's really nice to watch, and it has the odd laugh-out-loud moment, too. (Six episodes)
